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25 Jan 2014

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HAVE you ever wondered where you really fit in the global pecking order?

The Davos 2014 Global Wage Calculator will tell you whether you're closer to the Queen of England or a South African bus driver with an amazing calculator that compares wages from countries all over the world.

It shows an Australian earning $60,000 per year takes home 108 per cent of Australia's average wage of $55,497.60, according to 2012 figures. It's also 224 per cent of the global average which is currently $USD17,888 per year.

An Australian earning $60,000 makes 109 per cent of the global average wage. Pic: Screengrab.Source: Supplied

Using a comparison with other countries, an Australian salary of $60,000 is 17 times what a teacher earns in Ethiopia and eight times the salary of a cleaner in Thailand. It's on par with a Greek health professional but is just 0.00078 of what the Queen of England makes, or 0.22620 what a US-based chief executive takes home.

The calculator is produced as part of the World Economic Forum currently taking place in Davos, Switzerland.

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